|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Panchkula, Kalka Votes 2014 Kalka RO issues notice to the BJP candidate following complaint by an Independent Bipin Bhardwaj Tribune News Service
Kalka, September 29 Sunil Kumar, a resident of Indri who has filed his nomination papers as an Independent candidate from Kalka, has alleged that Latika Sharma has got herself registered as a voter in two states, Delhi and Haryana, against the guidelines of the Election Commission of India. In a complaint to the RO, Kumar alleged that being a voter of Delhi, Latika Sharma filed her nomination papers from the Kalka Assembly constituency thereby misleading the Election Commission India. Hence, her nomination should be cancelled, he demanded. Sunil Kumar said along with a formal complaint, he had submitted supportive documents to establish his claim. Capt Shakti Singh, the Returning Officer, said he had received a complaint against the BJP candidate this afternoon. “I have issued a notice to Latika Sharma asking her to submit a reply in the next 24 hours,” the RO said. Latika Sharma was not available for comments. However, a BJP spokesperson claimed that Latika had got her vote cancelled from the voter’s list in Delhi. “Her name is there on the list of voters in the Naraingarh constituency and she will cast her vote there. We will submit the reply to the RO tomorrow morning,” he said. Cancel her candidature: Complainant Sunil Kumar, a resident of Indri who has filed his nomination papers as an Independent candidate from Kalka, alleged that Latika Sharma, the BJP candidate, had votes in the Naraingarh constituency of Haryana and New Delhi, which was against the guidelines of the Election Commission of India. He demanded cancellation of Latika Sharma’s nomination.
|
|||||
|
Nominations of three covering candidates rejected in Kalka
Kalka, September 29 During the scrutiny of nomination papers, the Returning Officer (RO) found papers of all 17 contestants valid. However, the nominations of the covering candidates for contenders belonging to Congress, BJP and INLD, were cancelled. The nomination papers of Paramjit Kaur, the covering candidate for Manvir Kaur Gill of the Congress, Sanjeev for Latika Sharma (BJP) and Amandeep Chaudhary for Pradeep Chaudhary of the INLD were cancelled. Sources said Jasbir Singh, the covering candidate for Swaran Singh Gujjar of the Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) ticket, has moved an application to withdraw his papers. Kalka RO Capt. Shakti Singh confirmed to have received the application. Political ‘pundits’ believe that some other candidates could drag their feet from the election fray on October 1, the last day for withdrawal of nomination papers. Those who left in the fray are Pradeep Chaudhary (INLD), Latika Sharma (BJP), Manvir Kaur (Congress), Satvinder Singh Rana (BSP), Shakti Rani Sharma (HJCP), Swaran Singh Gujjar (HLP), Chander Kanta (SBP) and Amit Sharma (RSP) apart from Vijay Bansal, Sudesh Sharma, Seema Sharma, Ajaib Singh and Sunil Kumar, all Independent candidates. Meanwhile, Satvinder Singh Rana, a BSP candidate, opened his election office in Morni. 5 nominations rejected in Panchkula Five nominations were rejected during the scrutiny of papers in Panchkula. With this development, the number of candidates contesting the Assembly seat has reduced to 18. Election observers appointed * Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (DEO) Dr SS Phulia informed that the Election Commission of India has appointed Deepak Anand as general observer (GO) and GP Singh as expenditure observer (EO) for the Kalka Assembly constituency. * The DEO appealed to the general public to register their complaints relating to elections, candidates and violation of the model code of conduct to Deepak Anand on 08196057333 and GP Singh on 09013850781. * Complaints can also be made on a toll-free number 1800-180-2106. Besides, one can register a complaint on 01733-220500 for the Kalka constituency and 0172-2568311 for the Panchkula constituency, the DEO said.
|
||||||
|
Woman ends her life in Dera Bassi
Dera Bassi, September 29 Parwati, who has two sons, ended her life while she was alone at home. Her husband Rajinder Kumar, a truck driver, was away while their two sons had gone to school. When her sons returned from school, they found the room locked from inside. They subsequently informed the neighbours, who, in turn, called the police. The police opened the door and found Parwati’s body hanging from the ceiling fan. — TNS
|
10-year jail for rapist
Panchkula, September 29 On February 26 this year, the police had arrested Satish for the crime. The victim was going to her local school when she was made to smell a sedative, following which Satish took her to his hutment and committed the crime.
|
|||
|
HC acquits patwari in 25-yr-old graft case
Chandigarh, September 29 More than 13 years after the patwari was convicted in a corruption case, the High Court has reversed the trial court judgment after observing that the same was not based “on proper appreciation of evidence”. Allowing patwari Harjit Singh’s appeal against the UT, Justice Daya Chaudhary added that the prosecution too failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, “which goes in favour of the appellant”. In his appeal, Harjit Singh had challenged orders dated July 14, 2001, passed by the UT Special Judge after he was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years. Working as patwari, he was accused of demanding Rs 1,500 from a complainant as bribe. The money was allegedly demanded for entering mutation on change of ownership of 11 marlas purchased by his wife in Sarangpur village in Dhanas circle. The prosecution story was that the complainant visited the accused on June 2, 1998; and Rs 1,000 was agreed upon to be paid the next day. But the complainant made a written complaint to the CBI Superintendent of Police, for taking legal action against the appellant for demanding bribe. On the basis of the complaint, a raiding party was constituted before associating postal assistants Pawan Kumar and Bikram Singh. Before laying the trap, shadow witness-Pawan Kumar and complainant went to the office of the accused. Two currency notes of Rs 500 each were asked to be paid to the accused. The amount was allegedly accepted by the appellant. The independent witness, Bikram Singh, was asked to conduct personal search of the accused and the two currency notes were recovered from his pocket. Allowing the appeal, Justice Chaudhary asserted: “On perusal of the statements of the prosecution witnesses shows that serious contradictions/discrepancies are there. Even prosecution witnesses Pawan Kumar and Bikram Singh have not supported the case of the prosecution as they have denied all the allegations levelled against the appellant. “There is inconsistency with regards to the recovery of the amount as it has not been proved from the statements of the prosecution witnesses as to whether the amount was recovered from the pocket of the accused or from the store room. “In case the amount was recovered from the store it cannot be said that the amount of bribe was accepted by the accused. Neither the recovery nor the acceptance of the amount has been proved on record.“Pawan Kumar has stated that the notes were recovered from the store room and not from the pocket of the accused. Bikram Singh has even denied having recovered the amount in his presence. “He further stated that recovery was affected from the books lying in the store room. He also stated that he saw CBI officers having caught hold of the accused from his hands and there was no public man in the room at the time of their arrival.
|
|||
|
Tutor sentenced to 3-yr jail
Tribune News Service
Mohali, September 29 The court of Mohali Additional District and Sessions Judge Jaswinder Shemar today held Anand Aggarwal, a resident of Zirakpur, guilty of molestation and sent him to jail for three years. A fine of Rs 5,000 has also been imposed on Anand. Notably, the Zirakpur police had booked Anand Aggarwal on March 31 this year following the complaint of the 19-year-old victim, a student of BCom Part 1. In her complaint, the victim had alleged that Anand molested her when she went to take tuition lessons at his house on the fateful day.
|
|||
|
Student acquitted in rape case
Chandigarh, September 29 The case was registered on December 26, 2013, when the 35-year-old prosecutrix had lodged a complaint with the police that the accused raped her while forcibly taking her to Delhi. The victim is married and mother of three children. She stated in her police complaint that the accused also raped her one-and-a-half year prior to the date of her lodging complaint when he threatened her of killing her two-year -old son and raped her in his house. He had also made a video of the victim who knew him as he was her friend’s brother. She added that she was forcibly taken to Delhi in a car by the accused in October 2013 where he raped her for one month and then abandoned her. Following her complaint, the accused was arrested in the case of rape. The victim stood by her statements in court and alleged the accused raped her. However, the defence proved that the story of rape was a concocted one and the UT police lodged the FIR without investigating the case. Defence counsel Tarminder Singh stated that the police did not investigate the case at all and thus the acquittal speaks volumes of the inefficiency of the police. The defence counsel told the court that there was no date or proof available with the victim that the accused raped her in 2012 also as stated by her. Also, it was proved that the prosecutrix stayed with her sister while she was in Delhi in 2013 and was never taken there forcibly as stated by her. It was also proved on record that the victim had exchanged more than 600 calls with the accused and had also sent him an ‘I love you’ message on the day she lodged the police complaint. Besides, a Daily Diary Report of her ongoing dispute with her husband was also lodged in the same police station on the same day when she lodged the police complaint. All the claims of the victim thus fell flat in court.
|
|||
|
Woman gets life term for husband’s murder
Mohali, September 29 Holding Manpreet Kaur, a resident of Nawanshahr Badala village, guilty, the court sent her to jail for life for murdering her husband Manmohan Singh by giving him lizard-powder-laced soft drink around eight years ago. A case in this regard was registered at the Phase I police station on May 23, 2011, after a long inquiry in the case. Earlier, the court had pointed out serious flaws in the police investigation and directed the then Mohali SSP, GS Bhullar, to conduct further investigation into the matter. Notably, Manmohan Singh had died on June 14, 2006, after allegedly being administered liquor laced with poison by Manpreet Kaur. In the investigation report, a fake suicide note was attached, which was found written on a page from a diary of 2010 of which the court had taken a very serious note then. The original suicide note was presented before the court by the victim’s father Mewa Singh in February last year. The reason behind the crime was extra-marital affair of the accused with her husband’s cousin, Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Austria.
|
|||
Cable theft leaves 800 BSNL phones dead in Mohali
Mohali, September 29 The theft took place at a site located opposite the motor market in Mohali village. The site is on the road leading from Phase VI to Chandigarh. The BSNL has lodged a police complaint in this regard. Nishan Singh, senior SDO, Cable Maintenance, BSNL, today said 1,200 “pairs” in the cable link were stolen last night. The length of the cable was about 15 metres. Around 800 phones in Phase VI, Phase I and Mohali village had gone dead. It would take two to three days to make them functional, he said. The BSNL official said this was the fifth theft in the past about three months. Thieves had earlier targeted points near the Phase I-VI Diplast chowk.
|
|||
|
Chandigarh, September 29 The victim, a resident of Indira Colony, was rushed to GMSH, Sector 16, after the incident, on Sunday night. Her condition is stated to be stable. According to the investigating officer, the victim was distressed after the family refused to accept her relationship with a youth. — TNS
|
|||
City lad Sanam does nation proud
Chandigarh, September 29
Sanam, who started his playing career from Chandigarh, had earlier bagged a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games along with Somdev Devvarman. The ace left-handed player has turned himself in the spotlight after getting selected for the National Tennis Academy in Gurgaon. Sanam started playing at the tennis courts of CLTA in Sector 10 at the age of eight years. He had played all the four grand slams at the junior level and also bagged the title of Futures Tennis Junior Ranking Tournament. Started with the ranking of 121, the player went on to attain World Number 4 junior’s ranking. “It’s a great honour for Chandigarh. Sanam carried his form and played well along with his partner. It was a tough fight but he proved his mettle. Since childhood, his ability to play with strong feet made him a great player,” said Gajendra Singh, director, coaching and development at CLTA. In today’s final, Sanam along with Saketh Mynenin went down after a tough fight at 5-7, 6-7(2) against eighth seed Korea’s Yongkyu Lim and Hyeon Chung. The 26-year-old local lad is now well settled in Virginia. Earlier, he was ranked fourth in the ITF junior’s ranking with playing all four grand slams and reaching the quarterfinals of the Junior Australian Open. Also in 2010, he hogged the limelight by bagging a gold medal in the men’s doubles event at the Asian Games. “During AITA’s talent hunt programme, I spotted Sanam in the ITF Junior Tournament. Thereafter, I travelled with him and trained him before he shifted to Gurgaon. Later, he went to the United States and now he attained such laurels,” Singh said. Sanam’s family stays at their residence in Sector 8. “It is a great honour for the CLTA and all its trainees. Sanam has spent his early coaching days at these courts and his achievement will boost the local youth. After performing well at the junior level, he booked his berth at the senior level and became a regular participant of the Davis Cup,” said Rajan Kashyap, patron-in-chief, CLTA. Moment of joy "It’s a great honour for the city. Sanam carried his form and played well along with his partner. It was a tough fight but he proved his mettle. Since childhood, his ability to play with strong feet made him a great player."— — Gajendra Singh, director, coaching and development, clta
|
|
Football tourney: Patiala boys clinch third spot
Chandigarh, September 29
Both the teams played at equal pace. While Patiala lads used their wingers to sneak through rival’s defense, Howrah contributed to play ball possession with support of their mid-fielders. In the very initial minutes, Howrah’s Subhjeet Nayak marked a clearance and his subordinate Budhwa Bara smartly trapped the ball before putting effort with a powerful side volley. However, Patiala’s custodian diverted the ball for a corner kick. As the match was proceeding close to half time, in the 41st minute, Patiala’s midfielder German Singh forwarded a pass to right winger Akashdeep and the receiver with no mistake penetrated in Howrah’s area. In the proceedings, he was wrongly tackled by Rajib Roy and referee awarded a free kick to Patiala. Bringing home joy, Patiala’s defender Paramjeet posted the winning goal. On resumption of the play, both teams played a tough game. However, Howrah failed to score the equaliser. Veerpal, Deepak, Sandeep and Guroop of Patiala along with Sagar Manna and Sibnath Das of Howrah were cautioned with yellow cards.
|
|
South Central Railway beat CISF 3-1 in hockey
Chandigarh, September 29 In the first match, South Central Railway posted a 3-1 win over CISF. The winning side posted the lead through a field goal in the eighth minute through Mayank. The ace striker taking control of a miss pass defeated CISF’s custodian to pump in the first goal. Reverting back, CISF levelled the score in the 18th minute, with Kompal’s goal. He also scored a field goal with a solo effort. However, after six minutes, South Central Railway again bounced back with another brilliant effort by Mayank. And the lead was extended to 3-1 by Aleem, in the 37th minute, when he smartly dodged pass the defenders before sealing team’s win. In the second match, Hawks Club, Ropar, stunned ITPB by 3-2. The fast pace match witnessed all field goals. In the ninth minute, Ropar scored the lead through Navjot Singh and maintained the lead for the next 38 minutes. After a tough fight, ITBP equalised the score through Puneet in the 47th minute. Just after three minutes, Navjot Singh put forth the side with his striking the wooden plank initiated with his solo effort. In the 58th minute, Parveen Kumar extended the lead however, in the very next minute ITBP’s Alam reduced the margin to 3-2.
|
|
DAV-10 shuttlers lift trophy
Chandigarh, September 29 SGGS College, Sector 26, attained the second spot. In the finals of the championship, DAV College defeated SGGS College by 3-0. Meanwhile, PU Campus attained the third spot by defeating GGDSD College, Sector 32, by 3-2. Earlier, in the semifinal matches, SGGS College beat Panjab University Campus by 3-0 while DAV College defeated GGDSD College by 3-0.
|
|
21st All-India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tourney Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 29 In the opening match, Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association defeated Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association by 26 runs to garner four points. Winning the toss, Madhya Pradesh restricted Uttar Pradesh to a total of 207 runs for 8 in 50 overs. Parminder Singh scored an unbeaten knock of 73 off 94 balls inclusive of four boundaries and two sixes along with Deepinder Pandey (22 runs) raising a 57-run partnership for the eighth wicket. Later, Mohd Javed’s unbeaten score of 19 off 13 balls with two boundaries bolstered the total to 207 for 8 in 50 overs. For Madhya Pradesh, Yogesh Rawat claimed 3 for 34 and Harpreet Singh 3 for 34 while Salman Baig bagged 2 for 22. In reply, Madhya Pradesh lost their half batting line-up on a mere total of 65 runs in 22.1 overs. Jatin Saxena (26) with Anand Bais (44) added 35 runs for the sixth wicket and thereafter Amarjit Singh (30) and Anand added 56 runs for the ninth wicket. However, Madhya Pradesh was bowled out for 181 in 46.4 overs. For Uttar Pradesh, Mohd Javed hogged the limelight by claiming 4 for 56. Parminder Singh for his unbeaten knock of 73 was named the man of the match. In another match, Baroda Cricket Association defeated Air India, Delhi, by four wickets. Batting first, Air India opened with Dhiraj Jadhav and Pradeep Malik putting on 95 runs in 27.4 overs before Pardeep was caught by Sorabh off Aditya for 55 off 82 balls with seven boundaries. Thereafter, Hiten Dalal joined Dhiraj and both of them added 62 runs for the second wicket before Hiten was caught by Kedar off Bhaja for 31 runs. Dhiraj was retired hurt on 45 runs while Rajat Bhatia (27) and Deepak Joon (55) extended Air India’s innings to 255 for 4 in 55 overs. In reply, Baroda scored 257 for 6 in 49 overs. A partnership of 121 runs for the fifth wicket between Abhijit Karambel (64 off 61 balls with 8 boundaries) and Bishnu Solanki (85 off 99 balls with 8 boundaries) scripted the team’s win. Bishnu Solanki for his unbeaten knock of 85 was adjudged as man of the match. Other match results * Himachal Pradesh beat Cricket Association of Bengal by four wickets * CAG defeated FCI by 127 runs to garner 4 points
|
|
|||||
| HOME PAGE | |
Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir |
Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs |
Nation | Opinions | | Business | Sports | World | Letters | Chandigarh | Ludhiana | Delhi | | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
